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arestement (c.1170)
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arestement (c.1170)

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aresteiment  (aresteyvement  Eng Docs 77.23)  
  FEW:  *arrestare 25,311b Gdf:  arestement 1,393a GdfC: ∅ TL: arestement 1,517 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  arrêtement  TLF: ∅ OED:  arrestment n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  arrestamentum 130a

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1delay, stop: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Aprés sanz nul arestement Si (=as commanded) firent tuit comunement  S Modw 7959
2stay, sojourn: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Qu’il ne facent ici lunges arestement  Horn 3223
3lawarrest: 
( 1308 )  il avowe l’aresteyment par la resoun qe […]  YBB Ed II i 11
4lawconfiscation, seizure (?): 
( 1300 )  L’encheson de l’arestement de la disme  Affairs of Ireland 50

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